Essays about: "budgeting and planning"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 essays containing the words budgeting and planning.

  1. 1. Risks and risk management in construction projects : A product life cycle approach

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Besluts-, risk- och policyanalys

    Author : Björn Åberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Risk; Construction projects; Risk Management;

    Abstract : The construction industry often operates with important and expensive projects that should meet deadlines and various regulations and at the same time avoid risks associated with the phases of the construction projects. This thesis reviews risks by a project life cycle (PLC) and the risk management used in construction projects by interviewing different construction project stakeholders such as hotel owners in Belgium and construction specialists. READ MORE

  3. 2. Implementing Strategy through PPM in an Internal Development Department

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Projekt, innovationer och entreprenörskap

    Author : Simon Millard; [2023]
    Keywords : project portfolio management; project management; portfolio management; PPM; PBO; PMO; PMI; PM; SPM; project based organization; strategy; portfolio strategy; project portfolio structuring; portfolio structuring framework; resource allocation; matrix organization; strategic effectiveness; strategic alignment; aggregate planning; project evaluation; portfolio prioritization; project prioritization; prioritization method; portfolio selection; project selection; portfolio balancing; project scoring; portfolio budgeting; portfolio roadmap; project screening; projektportfölj; projekt portfölj; projekt-portfölj; portföljhantering; projektorganisation; projekt organisation; resursallokering;

    Abstract : The focus of strategy research has long revolved around strategy formulation rather thanstrategy implementation, despite the evidence indicating that intended strategies are rarelyachieved. Project portfolio management, PPM, assumes a crucial role in enabling strategyimplementation and can be regarded as a representation of the organization's actual pursuedstrategy. READ MORE

  4. 3. Traditional budgeting, why does it persist? : A case study of Värmlandstrafik

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Handelshögskolan (from 2013)

    Author : Rakia Haj Kassem; Minela Halilic; [2022]
    Keywords : Budgetprocess; Traditional budgeting; Critics; Alternatives to traditional budgeting; Contingency Theory; Budgetprocess; Traditionell budget; Kritik; Alternativ till traditionell budget; Contingency Theory;

    Abstract : In recent decades, the traditional budget has come under heavy criticism with researchers and practitioners calling it a "relic of the past" as it hinders the ability of organizations to respond to and keep up with changing market conditions. As a result, alternative approaches to budgeting have been developed:beyond budgeting, activity-based budgeting and rolling forecasting. READ MORE

  5. 4. The usage of short-term planning tools and methods - An empirical study of budgeting, modifications to budgeting, and beyond budgeting at large Swedish companies

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Lukas Gotthardsson; Nea Sipola; [2021]
    Keywords : Budgeting; Better Budgeting; Advanced Budgeting; Beyond Budgeting; Short-term planning; Business and Economics;

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  6. 5. Sales Forecasting by Assembly of Multiple Machine Learning Methods : A stacking approach to supervised machine learning

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för matematik och matematisk statistik

    Author : Anton Falk; Daniel Holmgren; [2021]
    Keywords : machine learning; statistical learning; statistics; random forest; xgboost; sarima; stacking; support vector regression; svr; linear regression; sales; sales forcasting; forecasting; time series;

    Abstract : Today, digitalization is a key factor for businesses to enhance growth and gain advantages and insight in their operations. Both in planning operations and understanding customers the digitalization processes today have key roles, and companies are spending more and more resources in this fields to gain critical insights and enhance growth. READ MORE